Web Essay: So God made a farmworker

11:59 AM,
Feb. 14, 2013

Written by

GRAYSON MORLEY
Guest Essayist

Every year, another Super Bowl and, with it, a slew of new ads. The artiest ad this year, and one of the most popular, was titled "Farmers," from Ram Trucks. Two minutes long, it was artful and poignant, in this writer's opinion, and set itself apart from the rest of the shlock. It felt distinctly American, if you'll forgive the unspecificsentimentalizing.

For the first minute and 50 seconds of this two-minute ad, we are treated to a series of beautiful photographs of American farms and farmers while the late PaulHarvey is heard delivering an excerpted version of his "So God Made A Farmer" ...